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Boris Johnson says the UK will 'go the extra mile' in EU Brexit talks as he steps back from the brink of No Deal but warns they could still fail because the two sides 'are still very far apart on some key things' - as supermarkets prepare for panic-buying PM held talks with European Commission president Ursula Von de Leyen this morning by telephone He had suggested that today was a hard deadline for both sides to make agreement or stop them But in a joint statement this morning they said: 'It is responsible at this point to go the extra mile'

comments Chancellor Angela Merkel is being blamed for the European Union's hard line during Brexit deal negotiations One source said that she was 'determined to make Britain crawl across broken glass' rather than compromise  Johnson's Whitehall intervention is aimed at protecting vital supplies of food and medicines after January 1  Will head 'super-committee' to run alongside existing No Deal preparation group chaired by Michael Gove Boris Johnson has seized personal control of Britain's No Deal preparations as the deadline for historic talks with the EU expires today. The move comes as Go...